Sons Of Northern Darkness is but another great album from Immortal. The prestine production on this album make make it a bit more accessible for those wanting to get into the black metal genre, and musically speaking Immortal delivered; big time. The guitar work is for the most part is simple but it still packs a punch. The riffs and solos are catchy enough to stay in your mind, but are heavy enough to satisfy older fans. The drumming is also very well done. Blast beats are intertwined with slower, more standard rhythms in order to give the album some contrast, and they succeed in doing so. Vocally Abbath's voice sounds strong and clear. Lyrically Immortal don't bring anything new to the table, but still manage to write some interesting stories. Sons Of Northern Darkness is more than worth checking out if you are a fan of Immortal's older work, or a fan of black/death metal in general.

Although it was released in 1972 (late 1960s) critics say that the Immortals remained their 1960s Trve Kvlt surf sound. The album "Sons of Southern Sunshine" was indeed released in the 70s, even though a lot of people are spreading a bootleg version of "Lifeguards" from 1961.

Immortal are one of those bands who can right any mistake they have made over their career with an ass-kicking album. Whilst this is flawed as hell and had some creases to be ironed out it still stands out as a fucking incredible album that few in the genre will ever match in creativity and general balls

An incredibly varied black metal album that deserves all of the press it got upon initial release. This is as good as it gets for those looking to get into Black Metal as it is easily accessible and yet stil rather heavy

Sons of Northern Darkness is definitely a stellar album that manages to be approachable yet heavy and vigorous enough for just about any metal enthusiast. However, it isn't until the last third of the album's runtime things really begin to kick into gear. Before that, most of the material is tough to justify the garnered reception and even with the entire package taken into account, the album still falls short of its praise. Even with this said and in-mind, Sons of Northern Darkness is still an album well worth checking out just for the second half, mostly for the two closing tracks.

Black metal lost one of itís greatest players when Immortal broke up not long after their 2003 release Sons Of
Northern Darkness. Immortal, though not the most purest of black metal, deliver some punishing riffs and dark
verses in their near perfect masterpiece farewell album. With some outstanding guitar riffs, amazing drum work,
and above par vocals, the only downside to the album is the guitar tone, which gets rather repetitive after awhile. I
have yet to hear any more of Immortal, but after listening to this album, I am anxious to get another one.